Friday, April 24

UCLA announces preliminary plans for fall return to campus, in-person instruction

This post was updated April 4 at 4:08 p.m. UCLA is planning to return to mostly in-person instruction and housing in the fall after more than a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, administrators announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA officials announced how the university will transition to largely in-person operations for fall 2021. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA researchers develop identification process for marine organisms using eDNA

Novel ecological survey methods developed by UCLA researchers are making ecology more accessible to students. A research team at UCLA developed a process that helps identify organisms living in marine environments and released its findings in February. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a process to more efficiently identify organisms living in marine environments and released their findings in February and are now bringing this research to students (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor).



UCLA dining hall reopenings met with excitement, safety concerns

This post was updated April 4 at 4:18 p.m. For the first time in more than a year, UCLA students have been able to return to the tables at some residential dining halls. Read more...

Photo: Aimee Benitez (left) grabbed dinner with Gabriela Lopez (Right) at De Neve Residential Restaurant on Wednesday, the first day the dining hall and Bruin Café opened for limited indoor dining in more than a year. (Constanza Montemayor/Daily Bruin)


Graduate student leaders advocate for dropping GRE requirements in admissions

Graduate student leaders are proposing to eliminate standardized testing as an entrance requirement for UCLA graduate programs. A proposal written by graduate student representatives asked the Academic Senate to recommend that graduate departments eliminate the GRE as a prerequisite for entering programs. Read more...

Photo: Graduate student representatives are arguing for the removal of the GRE as a requirement for graduate program admissions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Nationwide cyberattack targets personal information of some in UC community

Some University of California community members were victims of a nationwide cyberattack that compromised their personal information, UC officials announced Wednesday. The attack affected several universities, government agencies and private companies, a UCnet press release said. Read more...

Photo: A file leak from the file transfer company Accellion may have compromised some University of California community members’ personal information, the UC announced Wednesday. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)


UC Regents recap — March 17-18

The University of California Board of Regents, the governing body of the UC system, met for its bimonthly meeting on March 17 and March 18 via teleconference. Read more...

Photo: The University of California Board of Regents met for their bimonthly meeting March 17 and March 18. Over the two days, the board discussed equity gaps and admission changes they are making in response to audit reports. (Daily Bruin file photo)